Bruce Forgan

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Bruce Forgan is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Forgan has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 24 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bruce Forgan's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (22 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (17 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (15 papers). Bruce Forgan is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (22 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (17 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (15 papers). Bruce Forgan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Bruce Forgan's co-authors include Ellsworth G Dutton, Atsumu Ohmura, Martin Wild, Hans Gilgen, Charles Long, A. V. Tsvetkov, Ain Kallis, Viivi Russak, Andreas Roesch and C. H. Whitlock and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Forgan

36 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

From Dimming to Brightening: Decadal Changes in Solar Radiation at Earth's Surface

2005 1.0k citations Martin Wild, Hans Gilgen et al. Science profile →
Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN/WCRP): New Precision Radiometry for Climate Research

1998 748 citations Atsumu Ohmura, Hans Gilgen et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bruce Forgan Australia	20	2.5k	2.1k	779	237	225	36	3.2k
Charles Long United States	27	3.2k 1.3×	2.7k 1.3×	898 1.2×	333 1.4×	196 0.9×	79	3.9k
Hans Gilgen Switzerland	17	2.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	737 0.9×	179 0.8×	145 0.6×	22	3.1k
Josep Calbó Spain	29	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	921 1.2×	315 1.3×	212 0.9×	79	2.8k
Günther Seckmeyer Germany	37	2.1k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	521 0.7×	269 1.1×	277 1.2×	111	3.6k
Jörg Trentmann Germany	29	2.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	684 0.9×	211 0.9×	182 0.8×	78	2.9k
Antti Arola Finland	37	2.8k 1.2×	3.1k 1.4×	480 0.6×	301 1.3×	221 1.0×	147	3.8k
Qilong Min United States	34	2.9k 1.2×	2.8k 1.3×	322 0.4×	438 1.8×	61 0.3×	142	3.5k
Alberto Cazorla Spain	26	1.6k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	390 0.5×	264 1.1×	126 0.6×	61	2.2k
Juan Pedro Montávez Spain	30	2.8k 1.1×	2.7k 1.3×	230 0.3×	710 3.0×	114 0.5×	104	4.0k
Fritz Kasten Germany	12	1.2k 0.5×	905 0.4×	955 1.2×	335 1.4×	555 2.5×	20	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Bruce Forgan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce Forgan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Forgan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bruce Forgan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bruce Forgan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bruce Forgan. Bruce Forgan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Forgan, Bruce, Jülian Gröbner, & Ibrahim Reda. (2023). New Absolute Cavity Pyrgeometer equation by application of Kirchhoff's law and adding a convection term. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 16(3). 727–743. 1 indexed citations

Mitchell, R. M., Bruce Forgan, & S. K. Campbell. (2017). The Climatology of Australian Aerosol. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(8). 5131–5154. 23 indexed citations

Paton‐Walsh, Clare, Nicholas M. Deutscher, David Griffith, et al.. (2010). Trace gas emissions from savanna fires in northern Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(D16). 43 indexed citations

Reda, Ibrahim, Jülian Gröbner, T. Stoffel, D. Myers, & Bruce Forgan. (2008). Improvements in the Blackbody Calibration of Pyrgeometers (Presentation). OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

Wild, Martin, Hans Gilgen, Andreas Roesch, et al.. (2005). From Dimming to Brightening: Decadal Changes in Solar Radiation at Earth's Surface. Science. 308(5723). 847–850. 1029 indexed citations breakdown →

Pfister, Gabriele, et al.. (2003). Cloud Coverage Based on All-Sky Imaging and Its Impact on Surface Solar Irradiance. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 42(10). 1421–1434. 227 indexed citations

Wilson, Stephen R. & Bruce Forgan. (2002). Aerosol optical depth at Cape Grim, Tasmania, 1986–1999. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(D8). 29 indexed citations

Dutton, Ellsworth G, Joseph Michalsky, T. Stoffel, et al.. (2001). Measurement of Broadband Diffuse Solar Irradiance Using Current Commercial Instrumentation with a Correction for Thermal Offset Errors. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 18(3). 297–314. 123 indexed citations

Ohmura, Atsumu, Hans Gilgen, Guido Müller, et al.. (1998). Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN/WCRP): New Precision Radiometry for Climate Research. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 79(10). 2115–2136. 748 indexed citations breakdown →

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Philipona, Rolf, C. Fröhlich, K. Dehne, et al.. (1998). The Baseline Surface Radiation Network Pyrgeometer Round-Robin Calibration Experiment. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 15(3). 687–696. 39 indexed citations

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Ayers, G. P., S. A. Penkett, Robert Gillett, et al.. (1996). The annual cycle of peroxides and ozone in marine air at Cape Grim, Tasmania. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry. 23(3). 221–252. 60 indexed citations

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Mitchell, R. M., Diane M. O’Brien, & Bruce Forgan. (1996). Calibration of the AVHRR shortwave channels: II. Application to NOAA 11 during early 1991. Remote Sensing of Environment. 55(2). 139–152. 7 indexed citations

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Wilson, Stephen R. & Bruce Forgan. (1995). In situ calibration technique for UV spectral radiometers. Applied Optics. 34(24). 5475–5475. 10 indexed citations

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Cess, R. D., Minghua Zhang, Patrick Minnis, et al.. (1995). Absorption of Solar Radiation by Clouds: Observations Versus Models. Science. 267(5197). 496–499. 324 indexed citations

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Núñez, M., Bruce Forgan, & Colin Roy. (1994). Estimating ultraviolet radiation at the earth's surface. International Journal of Biometeorology. 38(1). 5–17. 35 indexed citations

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Ayers, G. P., S. A. Penkett, Robert Gillett, et al.. (1992). Evidence for photochemical control of ozone concentrations in unpolluted marine air. Nature. 360(6403). 446–449. 112 indexed citations

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Mitchell, R. M., Diane M. O’Brien, & Bruce Forgan. (1992). Calibration of the NOAA AVHRR Shortwave channels using split pass imagery: I. Pilot study. Remote Sensing of Environment. 40(1). 57–65. 15 indexed citations

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Forgan, Bruce. (1988). Bias in a solar constant determination by the Langley method due to structured atmospheric aerosol: comment. Applied Optics. 27(12). 2546–2546. 16 indexed citations

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Forgan, Bruce. (1980). The influence of sky radiance distributions on the measurement of diffuse irradiance with shadowbands. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 28(4). 373–384. 2 indexed citations

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Lyons, T.J. & Bruce Forgan. (1975). Atmospheric attenuation of solar radiation at Adelaide. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 101(430). 1013–1017. 7 indexed citations

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